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Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity.
Aug 27, 2016 · Maurice Ralph Hilleman (1919–2005) was one of the greatest microbiologists/vaccinologists of all time. He played a key role in developing vaccines for Asian flu in 1957 and Hong Kong flu in 1968.
Maurice Hilleman invented eight of the fourteen vaccines used in routine vaccination schedules today. In an unusually long and productive career in science he developed over 40 vaccines – an enormous number compared with more celebrated scientists, such as Pasteur, Sabin, and Salk.
May 6, 2013 · At 1 a.m. on March 21, 1963, an intense, irascible but modest Merck scientist named Maurice R. Hilleman was asleep at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Lafayette Hill when his 5-year-old...
In 1957, Maurice Hilleman joined Merck & Co. in Pennsylvania, and it is there where his contributions really took off. In his 47 years at Merck, Dr. Hilleman led and worked on teams that produced vaccines still in use today, like the mumps vaccine.
Maurice Hilleman, PhD’44, was born in 1919 near Miles City, Montana, during the deadliest influenza pandemic in history. When the next global influenza pandemic arrived, Hilleman was in the position to save thousands of lives, thanks in part to his Montana roots.
Hilleman has produced a mind-boggling number of fundamental breakthroughs. He is the inventor of more than 40 vaccines, including those that prevent measles, mumps, rubella, Haemophilus...
May 29, 2020 · This virologist saved millions of children—and stopped a pandemic. In 1957 a flu pandemic hit the U.S., but Maurice Hilleman was ready with a vaccine he mass produced in only months. By Sydney...
Apr 27, 2005 · Hilleman ranks with the most brilliant and productive creators of vaccines of all time, with a stature comparable to that of Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur. But his...
Apr 12, 2005 · Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, a microbiologist who developed vaccines for mumps, measles, chickenpox, pneumonia, meningitis and other diseases, saving tens of millions of lives, died yesterday at a...
